Alfred ODDY

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Service Numbers:	4245, 4245A
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Manchester, England, 1897
Home Town:	Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4245, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4245, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4245, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4245A, 4th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right leg. Embarked for England on 28 July 1916 aboard HS Panama. Letter A had been added to the service number when taken of strength
25 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 4th Battalion at Windmill Hill
15 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion, in France
27 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4245A, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left foot. Later amputated
6 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4245A, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Son of Alfred John Oddy and Mary Oddy of Manchester, England.

Next of kin given as his cousin F. Holt of Erl Street, Lower Broughton, Manchester, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1918 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 6 September 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Alfred married Madge C. Philp in Randwick, SA.